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79 Old Church Road, Chingford, London, E4 6ST

242456Prior Approval - Commercial/Business/Service/Betting/Pay day Loan to Mixed up to 2 FlatsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of first floor from commercial use (Use Class E) to one self-contained residential unit (1x1-bed) (Use Class C3) with commercial use at ground floor (Use Class E). Associated works to include bicycle parking provision and refuse/recycling storage facilities.

Received
4 October 2024
Ward
Larkswood
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 79 Old Church Road, Chingford, London, E4 6ST. Waltham Forest has handled 382 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 October 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Larkswood. We hold 1,127 applications in total for the E4 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at London Borough of Waltham Forest were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E4 6ST
Application type
Prior Approval - Commercial/Business/Service/Betting/Pay day Loan to Mixed up to 2 Flats

Planning application dates

Validated
4 October 2024

Planning decision

Decision
Prior Approval Refused

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: District Centre related A4D+2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Waltham Forest

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